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Fact Sheet
| MISSION: |
Set industry standards and promote Secure Digital (SD) product acceptance in a variety of applications |
| ASSOCIATION: |
The SD Association is a global open industry standards organization established in January 2000 |
| CURRENT SPECIFICATION: |
SD Specification Version 3.00 created SDXC, Extra High-Capacity Memory Card |
| FORMATS: |
SD, miniSD and microSD offer storage up to 2 gigabytes
SDHC, miniSDHC and microSDHC offer storage up to 32 gigabytes
SDXC and microSDXC will offer storage up to 2 terabytes
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| USAGE: |
SD technology can be found in dozens of product categories used by more than 400 brands offering 8,000 product models. It is the storage media leader for mobile phones, digital audio players, car navigation systems and electronic books
SD cards offer CPRM for digital rights management |
| FOUNDERS: |
Panasonic Corporation, SanDisk and Toshiba |
| LEADERSHIP: |
Norm Frentz, Chairman
Stella Li, Treasurer
Board Member Companies:
ATP, Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Kingston, Panasonic Corporation, Phison Electronics, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk, Sharp, Silicon Motion and Toshiba |
| MEMBERS: |
More than 1,000 companies |
| ANNUAL DUES: |
Executive $4,500
General $2,000 |
| WEBSITE: |
www.sdcard.org |
| MEDIA/ANALYST CONTACT: |
media@sdcard.org |
| WRITE: |
SD Association
2400 Camino Ramon, Suite 375
San Ramon, CA 94583
USA |
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